Fifth Element was on TV, prompting a number of random thoughts*, but primarily this one: the brief straight operatic...
Fifth Element was on TV, prompting a number of random thoughts*, but primarily this one: the brief straight operatic singing is one of the rare examples of what opera is supposed to sound like. It is true, technically very well done bel canto technique. It also happens to be from a Bel Canto period opera, but that technique is universally applicable. None of this wibbly-wobbly, vibrato-y-otto-y stuff. Good luck hearing anyone sing like that in an opera house, though, at least any of the biggies.
*Such as, but not limited to:
1. I wonder why they call 750ml of hard liquor a fifth?
2. I want a fifth of good quality liquor, possibly bourbon.
3. Where is the Fifth Elephant? Why isn't it just a dwarf planet?
4. Schmaltz is probably pretty healthy, since it's a clarified fat.
Etc.
My brain is a confusing place, at times.
*Such as, but not limited to:
1. I wonder why they call 750ml of hard liquor a fifth?
2. I want a fifth of good quality liquor, possibly bourbon.
3. Where is the Fifth Elephant? Why isn't it just a dwarf planet?
4. Schmaltz is probably pretty healthy, since it's a clarified fat.
Etc.
My brain is a confusing place, at times.
1. Because it's a fifth of a gallon.
ReplyDelete2. Me, too, though I'd prefer Irish.
3. Underground, now.
4. Ew.
You wouldn't be nearly as fun if your brain wasn't that confusing though.
ReplyDelete(And---oh yes. And it's much harder to sing forte like that, too, which is why everyone does the wibbly-wobbly-vibrato-y-otto-y stuff.)
Still one of my favorite random musical interludes in a movie ever.
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